Searching Arrays in Java: equals( ) Versus == - arrays

Question

I have an array with 5 elements. If a user inputs a name or a title, it should output that person's or job title's corresponding job title and person. Here's what I got, I'm not sure what I could be doing wrong. Since it's an applet, I don't need a main method right? Did I get stuff mixed up? What could I be doing wrong? Even if I input data that is stored in the array, it always gives me "input did not match any records" I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Assignment extends JApplet implements ActionListener
{
String[] empName = {"John Jacobs" , "Will Watts","Kevin Krust", "Allan Ayers", "Sam Smith"};
String[] empTitle = {"Software Engineer" , "Database Administrator", "Network Administrator" , "Head Programmer" ,"Department Manager"};
final int ARRAY_SIZE = 5;
boolean validName = false;
boolean validTitle = false;
String nameOfEmployee;
String titleOfEmployee;
JLabel enterInfo = new JLabel("Enter an Employee Name or Job Title");
JTextField userInput = new JTextField(20);
JButton empButton = new JButton ("Press if you entered a name");
JButton titleButton = new JButton ("Press if you entered a title");
JLabel inputDisplay = new JLabel("");
Container con = getContentPane();
public void init()
{
con.add(enterInfo);
con.add(userInput);
con.add(empButton);
con.add(titleButton);
con.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
userInput.addActionListener(this);
empButton.addActionListener(this);
titleButton.addActionListener(this);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
Object source = event.getSource();
if (source == empButton)
{
String nameEmp = userInput.getText();
con.remove(enterInfo);
con.remove(userInput);
con.remove(empButton);
con.remove(titleButton);
for (int x = 0; x < ARRAY_SIZE; ++x)
{
if (nameEmp == empName[x])
{
validName = true;
titleOfEmployee = empTitle[x];
}
}
if(validName)
inputDisplay.setText(nameEmp + "is a" + titleOfEmployee);
else
inputDisplay.setText("The title you input did not match any records.");
con.add(inputDisplay);
con.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
}
else
{
String nameJob = userInput.getText();
con.remove(enterInfo);
con.remove(userInput);
con.remove(empButton);
con.remove(titleButton);
for (int x = 0; x < ARRAY_SIZE; ++x)
{
if (nameJob == empTitle[x])
{
validTitle = true;
nameOfEmployee = empName[x];
}
}
if(validName)
inputDisplay.setText(nameOfEmployee + "is a" + nameJob);
else
inputDisplay.setText("The name you input did not match any records.");
con.add(inputDisplay);
con.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
}
con.invalidate();
con.validate();
}
}

Answer 1

This
nameEmp == empName[x]
compares object references. What you want is comparison of contents, so you should check
nameEmp.equals(empName[x])

Answer 2

When comparing the value input by the user to the values in your arrays, you need to use the equals function and not ==.
Read why here.